Business: Industries & Professions

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Tourism: the International Business by Robert Christie Mill - The Global Text Project , 2010The text is divided into sections: an overview of tourism, the development of tourism, the marketing of tourism, and the future of tourism. The readers will understand tourism and have a clear idea of how to develop and market a tourism destination.(2779 views)How They Succeeded by Orison Swett Marden - Ludwig von Mises Institute , 2011The Gilded Age produced not only some of the richest men and women of all time; its opportunities built a nation of people of superlative character. This book provides a look at the lives and choices of some of the most famous among them.(7433 views)Democratizing Innovation by Eric von Hippel - The MIT Press , 2005Eric von Hippel looks closely at the emerging system of user-centered innovation. He explains why users find it profitable to develop new products for themselves, and why it often pays users to reveal their innovations freely for the use of all.(7575 views)

The Unauthorized Biography of the Baby Bells and Info-Scandal by Bruce Kushnick - New Networks Institute , 1999Bruce Kushnick, a telecom analyst for 15 years, spent seven years writing his 'unauthorized biography' of the Bell telephone monopolies. His 464-page manuscript exposes how the Baby Bells have been ripping us off since they were born in 1984.(9873 views)Men of Wealth by John T. Flynn - Ludwig von Mises Institute , 2007First-class business history, the story of great fortunes made by the most notable men of wealth in history: Jacob Fugger, John Law, Nathan Rothschild, Thomas Gresham, Robert Owen, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan and J.D. Rockefeller.(12210 views)The 50 Great Pioneers of American Industry by Baldwin H. Ward - J.G. Ferguson Publishing , 1965This book is about the men who laid the basis of U.S. industry, and the thriving economy which it sustains. These pioneers were expanding the frontiers of enterprise and opportunity, each in his own way, in his own time, of his own volition.(8794 views)How We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets by Andy Kessler - Collins Business , 2005The author unpacks the entire history of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, from the Industrial Revolution to computers, communications, money, gold and stock markets. This book connects the dots through history to how we got to where we are today.(11996 views)